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Microsoft Hires Google's Lead Kubernetes Engineer To Boost Container Orchestration Support In Azure

by Kevin McLaughlin

...Jason Sauers, founder and director of connected systems at Phidiax, a Denver-based Microsoft partner, sees Burns' hiring as another sign of the software giant's growing focus on supporting Docker containers in Azure.

"Technologies like Docker, and portability across clouds, is one of the major initiatives that the industry will soon widely expect," said Sauers.

"Microsoft's open perspective on cloud technology adoption, and its open community, naturally makes it the front runner in embracing and pushing this momentum. This hire will quicken the pace of industry awareness [about containers]," Sauers added...